Ir you give a damn, find a functional group
Our "leaders" are going to keep making empty promises. It makes them feel good. It gets the activists to act like zombie kittens. If you want to have some self-respect and perhaps make a difference (actual facts may vary), then find a functioning group that cares about your skills and knowledge - what you have, what you want. One useful group might be www.climateemergencymanchester.net - you can email them on contact@climateemergencymanchester.net-
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Category Archives: academia
Upcoming Event: Blood Bricks: Untold Stories of Modern Slavery and #Climate Change from Cambodia #Manchester 20 Feb
The Global Development Institute is pleased to host Prof Kate Brickell as part of the GDI Lecture Series, talking about: Blood Bricks: Untold Stories of Modern Slavery and Climate Change from Cambodia Cambodia is in the midst of a construction … Continue reading
Further details on Colin Barker funeral
This below just in from the email account rememberingcolinbarker@gmail.com If you have any questions about the funeral etc, please contact them. Dear family, comrades and friends of Colin We write today to invite you, and all who would like to attend, to Colin Barker’s funeral and wake. You … Continue reading
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Sad news: Colin Barker has passed away #Manchester #climate #activism #scholarship
UPDATE: See bottom of blogpost Colin Barker, a long-time campaigner, activist and scholar, died earlier this week. Many Mancunians (and of course people from much further afield) have benefited over the years from his hard work, his insight and his … Continue reading
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Prof Kevin Anderson on the latest UNFCCC meeting #Manchester #climate
Professor Kevin Anderson, who splits his time between University of Manchester and Lund University in Sweden, has long been a clear voice on the urgency of emissions reductions, and the ever-gloomier consequences of inaction (for video interviews with Manchester Climate … Continue reading
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Upcoming event: The role of arts and culture in bringing #climate change to the ‘here and now’ #Manchester Thurs 24 Jan
The role of arts and culture in bringing climate change to the ‘here and now’ Dr Sarah Mander, Tyndall Centre, University of Manchester Thursday 24th January (room C21, Pariser Building, Sackville Street) at 1.00pm. Climate change is widely acknowledged as a pressing and … Continue reading
Interview with an academic: Stuart Capstick #climate #engagement researcher
MCFly is going to interview some researchers (and activists?) about the Big Questions. Here is Stuart Capstick (biog at the bottom) What has your climate research entailed? What have been some surprising findings? My background is in Psychology, and my … Continue reading
Upcoming Event: “informing the vision of a low-carbon future” #Manchester Tues 2nd Oct
Jason Lowe posterTyndall Manchester would like to invite you to attend the next talk in our seminar series “Informing the vision of a low-carbon future” by Professor Jason Lowe, on Tuesday 2nd October (room C21, Pariser Building, Sackville Street) at … Continue reading
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Save the world and get 20 quid (esp. men…)
please share… PARTICIPANTS WANTED FROM AROUND THE UK £20 GIFT VOUCHER FOR COMPLETION OF STUDY Would you like to do more to tackle climate change and poverty? Do you find it difficult to respond to these global challenges in your … Continue reading
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#saddleworthfire – #climate change increases risk, requires management, says 2010 paper
So, back in 2010 academic research was published by researchers at Manchester Business School and Manchester Metropolitan University. You can read the whole thing here. MCFly sez: We are an exceptionally technologically advanced, and even more exceptionally stupid species. … Continue reading
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Upcoming event: Unsustainable fossil fuel use 1950-2018. #Manchester #climate
Free event, no need to book. Tyndall Manchester asking the right questions again… How did it come to this? Unsustainable global fossil fuel use in historical perspective, 1950-2018 Simon Pirani, Senior Visiting Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies … Continue reading
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